Fountain-brush



(NO Model J. W. POOR.

FOUNTAIN BRUSH,

Patented Oct. 12,1897.

NVENTU UNITED STATES i PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES W. POOR, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

FOUNTAIN-BRUSH,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 591,5170, dated October 12:18 97.

Application filed April 17, 1897.

the handle to the head of the brush and discharged into the bristles or brush material,

so'that the brush is constantly supplied with,

water and the necessity of dipping it into a water-receptacle is prevented.

The invention has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive, durable, and effective brush of this class; and it consists in the improvements which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a back view of a brush embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a perspective view of the water-distributing device detached from the brush-head. Fig. 4: represents a view similar to Fig. 3, showing a slight difference in the construction of the distributing device.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all of the figures.

In the drawings, ac represent the two parts or sections which comprise the back of a scrubbing-brush, the bristles b or other brush material being inserted in the brush block or section a previous to its application to the outer section a. The two sections are detachably connected by the screw 0 or other suitable means, said connection serving also to retain the water-tube in position, as presently described.

cl represents the handle of the brush, which is inserted in a socket a formed for its reception in the section a of the back.

e represents a tube which is formed to be inserted in a groove or socket formed for its reception in the inner face of the section a. and retained in said groove 01' socket by the clamping together of the sections a and a. When the brush is of the circular form shown, the tube 6 is also circular, its diameter being somewhat less than that of the section a. It is obvious, however, that if the brush be Serialllo. 632,613. (No model.)

square or of other form the tube may be correspondingly formed. The tube eis provided with a series of discharge tubes or nozzles e, which project through orifices formed in the inner section a of the brush-back and are arranged to discharge streams of water between various tufts of the brush. The tube 6 is also provided with a neck or coupling 6?, adapted to be engaged with a supply-pipe f, which extends along the handle d. In the construction shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 the tube e is provided with a duplicate coupling device 6 located at a point opposite the coupling de- 1 vice 6 for a purpose hereinafter described.

The supply-pi pe f extends the entire length of the handle at and is connected atthe inner end of the handle by a suitable coupling device g with a flexible hose h. When water is admitted to the hose,it passesthrou gh the tube f into the tube 6 and is discharged through the nozzles e,'said tube 6 and nozzles 6' constituting a water-distributing device. The waterthus discharged saturates the brush material and enables the brush to be continuousl y used without immersion in a waterreceptacle. The nozzles c are of suitable length and so arranged relatively to the tufts of bristles that when the brush is held away from the surface to be-washed the streams discharged by the nozzles 'will flow between the bristles and will impinge upon thesaid surface, thus rinsing the latter.

When the brush is provided with along handle, it it used principally for elevated work, and it often happens that the bristles become worn at one side of the brush more than at the other, so that in order to fully utilize the brush it becomes necessary to remove it from the handle and reapply it with the handle inserted at the opposite side of the back, the back being usually provided with two sockets a to receive the handle, the sockets being in diametrically opposite sides of the back. To enable the handle and its supply-tube f to be connected with the brush-back and the distributing device in either of the two positions above indicated, I provide the two duplicate coupling devices or necks e 6 One of these coupling devices projects into one of the handle-receiving sockets in the brush-back and the other into the opposite socket, as shown in Fig. 2'. The coupling device or neck which is not connected with the supply-tube f is closed by a screw-plug i, which projects into the unused handle-socket. IVhen it is desired to reverse the brush, the plug 11 is removed from one coupling device and the supply-tube from the other. The position of the handle is then changed and the supply-tube engaged with the coupling device formerly occupied by the plug i, the latter being inserted in the other coupling device.

Vhen the described reversibility of the brush is not desired, the water-distributing device may have but one coupling device, as shown in Fig. 4. To permit the disconnection of the tube f from one coupling device and its connection with another, I secure the tube detachably to the handle at by suitable means, such as metallic claspsjj, which surround the handle and retain the tubefin a longitudinal slot formed in the handle for the reception of the tube.

As shown in the drawings, the tube f is relatively small, so as to be received in the slot formed in the handle of the ordinary size as used for this class of devices, thus providing for the use of such ordinary handle without materially weakening it. At the same time the tube is located in a position where it will be safe from damage and away from interference with the hands of the user. At the end of the handle the tubefterminates in an enlarged coupling to enable the device to be used in connection with an ordinary streethose.

Owing to the groove or recess for the watertube 6 being formed in the section a the brush block or section a may be, as shown, of ordinary form, requiring no special shape other than the formation of the holes to permit the passage of the nozzles 6. Therefore when a brush is unfit for further use it may be replaced byanother without further preparation of the new one than the boring of a few holes for the nozzles c.

I claim 1. A fountain-brush comprising the brush block or section at having a fiat or unrecessed rear face, the outer section at having a handle fitted thereto and having a recess or socket in the side adjoining the section a, a watertube e fitted in said recess or socket, and communicating with the bristle side of the section a, and means for detachably clamping the two sections and the water-tube together, said means serving to retain the water-tubes in position in the recess of the section a.

2. A fountain-brush comprising a brush block or section a, the outer section a having a recess or socket in the side adjoining the section a, a water-tube e fitted in said recess or socket and communicating with the bristle side of the section a, means for detachably clamping the two sections and the water-tube together, the handle (Z having a longitudinal groove in one side and secured to the outer section a, the tubef secured in the groove of the handle and connected with the tube 6, and means for connecting the end of the tube f with a hose, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 8th day of April, A. D. 1897.

JAMES \V. POOR.

Witnesses:

C. F. BROWN, A. D. HARRISON. 

